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Article #29684Re: Multi-tasking? A nightmare...
From: Joseph M. Piazza
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1987 02:19
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1987 02:19
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In article <3256@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu> davidli@umn-cs.UUCP (Dave Meile) writes:
>... If you have
>access to two programs (ala Multifinder or perhaps through a "desk
>accessory" [IBM PCs have desk accessories too, folks]) you already have
>as much power as you're ever liable to need in most environments.
With your mentality we would all still be using punch cards on one
of the world's two computers.
Now I see it! Multitasking means running a batch job on BOTH
computers at the SAME time! You're right: it's a waste.
Flip side,
joe piazza
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!boulder!sunybcs!jmpiazza From: jmpiazza@sunybcs.uucp (Joseph M. Piazza) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Multi-tasking? A nightmare... Message-ID: <7413@sunybcs.UUCP> Date: 22 Dec 87 02:19:46 GMT References: <2168@crash.cts.com> <3256@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu> Sender: nobody@sunybcs.UUCP Reply-To: jmpiazza@gort.UUCP (Joseph M. Piazza) Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science Lines: 24